Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 433 389 783
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.49% 13.45% 14.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.65% 40.95% 47.95%
Number of salaries quoted 213 306 720
10th Percentile £16,000 £26,125 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,300 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,457
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.19% -10.07%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,326 950 1,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.98% 32.85% 31.05%
Number of salaries quoted 581 609 1,433
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,950 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 11 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -17 110 £55,000 - 48
Cambridgeshire +6 94 £65,000 +36.84% 30
Essex -9 82 £40,500 -20.98% 51
Suffolk +18 50 £56,250 +12.50% 21
Bedfordshire +12 49 £14,000 -70.53% 12
Norfolk -1 46 £60,000 +100.00% 14
East Anglia - 2 £95,000 - 17
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (7.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 31 (7.16%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.39%) WordPress
3 5 (1.15%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.92%) CMS
5 3 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 57 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Dynamics AX
1 9 (2.08%) Dynamics GP
2 6 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 111 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (19.86%) Power Platform
3 80 (18.48%) AWS
4 64 (14.78%) Entra ID
5 54 (12.47%) Azure AI
6 18 (4.16%) GCP
6 18 (4.16%) Snowflake
7 17 (3.93%) GitHub
8 16 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 16 (3.70%) PowerApps
9 15 (3.46%) SaaS
10 14 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (3.00%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.31%) IaaS
13 9 (2.08%) PaaS
14 8 (1.85%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 72 (16.63%) Firewall
2 25 (5.77%) TCP/IP
2 25 (5.77%) WAN
3 24 (5.54%) VPN
4 21 (4.85%) DHCP
5 20 (4.62%) LAN
6 19 (4.39%) DNS
7 12 (2.77%) Internet
8 9 (2.08%) VLAN
8 9 (2.08%) WLAN
9 6 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.39%) Wireless
10 5 (1.15%) SAN
11 4 (0.92%) DMZ
11 4 (0.92%) Network Security
11 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.23%) Cisco Wireless
13 1 (0.23%) NetScaler
13 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (17.55%) Power BI
2 56 (12.93%) Tableau
3 18 (4.16%) SQL Server
4 14 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.85%) MySQL
7 7 (1.62%) Data Lake
8 6 (1.39%) Redis
9 5 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.92%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.69%) Big Data
11 3 (0.69%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.46%) Looker
12 2 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
13 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 13 (3.00%) Git
2 10 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.69%) JIRA
4 2 (0.46%) MLflow
4 2 (0.46%) MSTest
4 2 (0.46%) NUnit
4 2 (0.46%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.46%) TestNG
5 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 220 (50.81%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.47%) Finance
3 23 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.85%) Law
5 11 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (2.54%) Multimedia
5 11 (2.54%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.54%) Publishing
6 9 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.15%) Legal
8 5 (1.15%) Marketing
8 5 (1.15%) Retail
9 4 (0.92%) Banking
9 4 (0.92%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.46%) Advertising
11 1 (0.23%) Police
11 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 121 (27.94%) Analyst
2 108 (24.94%) Junior
3 104 (24.02%) Junior Analyst
4 64 (14.78%) IT Support
5 53 (12.24%) Security Analyst
6 52 (12.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 52 (12.01%) Data Analyst
6 52 (12.01%) Junior Data Analyst
6 52 (12.01%) Junior Security Analyst
7 43 (9.93%) Architect
8 38 (8.78%) Senior
9 36 (8.31%) Developer
10 32 (7.39%) IT Engineer
11 31 (7.16%) Support Engineer
12 29 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (6.47%) Ethical Hacker
14 24 (5.54%) IT Support Engineer
15 23 (5.31%) Azure Engineer
16 22 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
17 21 (4.85%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.31%) CSS
2 16 (3.70%) HTML
3 15 (3.46%) .NET
4 10 (2.31%) REST
5 8 (1.85%) React
6 7 (1.62%) jQuery
7 6 (1.39%) SOAP
8 5 (1.15%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.15%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.15%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.92%) JSON
9 4 (0.92%) Kafka
9 4 (0.92%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.92%) SignalR
9 4 (0.92%) Vue
10 3 (0.69%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.69%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (0.69%) RESTful
11 2 (0.46%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.47%) Cyberattack
2 26 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.85%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.85%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.39%) Robotics
9 5 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.15%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.15%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.15%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.92%) Blog
10 4 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 99 (22.86%) Windows
2 66 (15.24%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (3.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (2.77%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.31%) Android
7 7 (1.62%) Linux
7 7 (1.62%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.39%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.15%) VMS
10 1 (0.23%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.23%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (31.18%) Cybersecurity
2 89 (20.55%) Mentoring
3 81 (18.71%) AI
4 77 (17.78%) Business Intelligence
5 62 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (11.55%) Agile
7 46 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (9.01%) ITIL
9 34 (7.85%) DevOps
10 32 (7.39%) Roadmaps
11 31 (7.16%) Analytics
11 31 (7.16%) Customer Service
12 30 (6.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 29 (6.70%) ERP
14 28 (6.47%) Ethical Hacking
15 27 (6.24%) CI/CD
15 27 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (5.77%) Software Engineering
17 23 (5.31%) Data Modelling
18 22 (5.08%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 91 (21.02%) SQL
2 86 (19.86%) Python
3 32 (7.39%) C#
4 30 (6.93%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.31%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.23%) PHP
7 8 (1.85%) Java
7 8 (1.85%) R
8 7 (1.62%) C++
9 5 (1.15%) Bash
9 5 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (37.64%) Azure Certification
2 53 (12.24%) CompTIA CySA+
2 53 (12.24%) CompTIA Security+
3 44 (10.16%) Degree
4 41 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (8.55%) Security Cleared
6 28 (6.47%) CEH
7 26 (6.00%) AWS Certification
8 23 (5.31%) SC Cleared
9 17 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (3.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.00%) TOGAF Certification
11 12 (2.77%) CCNA
12 11 (2.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 10 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (2.08%) CCNP
15 5 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.92%) DV Cleared
16 4 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.46%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.85%) GDPR
3 8 (1.85%) QA
4 7 (1.62%) NIST
5 6 (1.39%) GRC
6 5 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.15%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (0.92%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.92%) NCSC
7 4 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) SLA
9 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 87 (20.09%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.62%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.23%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.31%) Docker
6 7 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.92%) vSphere
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (10.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.08%) Ansible
2 9 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.15%) Terraform
4 4 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.92%) SCCM
4 4 (0.92%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (0.92%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.69%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.46%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.23%) Grafana
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 296 (68.36%) Microsoft
2 80 (18.48%) ForeScout
3 28 (6.47%) VMware
4 18 (4.16%) SAP
5 13 (3.00%) Cisco
5 13 (3.00%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.77%) Fortinet
7 11 (2.54%) Databricks
7 11 (2.54%) SolarWinds
7 11 (2.54%) Workday
8 9 (2.08%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.62%) Apple
9 7 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.62%) Google
9 7 (1.62%) MuleSoft
9 7 (1.62%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.39%) Aruba
10 6 (1.39%) Epicor
10 6 (1.39%) Pega
11 4 (0.92%) Sophos